Development stores

Shop has strict eligibility requirements for shops and products to appear in the app. Development stores generally don't meet these eligibility requirements. If you'd like to use a development store for testing your Shop Mini, follow the steps below to create a new development store or enable an existing one.

Creating a new development store

1. Sign in to your partners account
2. Click Add store → Create development store and choose Create a store to test and build
3. Install the Shop channel from the Shopify App Store
4. Ensure Shopify Payments and Shop Pay are enabled or follow the Shop channel onboarding instructions to enable them
5. Visit the settings page in the Shop channel and enable Development mode

Enabling an existing development store

1. Install the Shop channel from the Shopify App Store
2. Ensure Shopify Payments and Shop Pay are enabled or follow the Shop channel onboarding instructions to enable them
3. Visit the settings page in the Shop channel and enable Development mode

Development mode

The Development mode setting is only available in development stores—you won't be able to enable this setting in a real store. Turning Development mode on will ensure that all staff members of the store will be able to see it in the Shop app. Please note: it may take several minutes to become available and staff members must sign in to the Shop app using the same email address as their Shopify staff member.

Enable Shopify Payments

You must fully complete the setup for Shopify Payments and enable test mode if you want to test checkout functionality in your Shop Mini. If you have already enabled Shopify Payments but haven't completed setup, please click Complete account setup and provide the necessary information.